Non 12 Step Programs Are Way Ahead of the Curve

Non 12 step rehab programs are way ahead of their time. How can we say that? Well, let's look at the facts. For one thing the 12 steps just do not work for everybody. So why in the world do virtually all drug rehabs have the 12 step format as their only format? In addiction, the 12 steps are an aftercare program designed to help a person stay clean and sober. It is not treatment. Treatment is a therapeutic, educational process. The bottom line is non 12 step oriented treatment centers are ahead of their time. Their focus os on treatment, not aftercare.

Non 12 Step Programs Have Come of Age

So what is all this talk about 12 step versus non 12 step rehab programs? Well, for as long as anyone can remember, the Alcoholics Anonymous 12 step model has been the basis of virtually all treatment centers. Their thinking was that treatment should be centered around what has proven to be the most effective tool in helping alcoholics and addicts stay clean and sober. And that has made sense for over fifty years of treatment and rehab. Recently, there is a movement a foot away from the old school and towards a new treatment model. This new treatment concept isn't so much anti 12 steps as it is about offering a more therapy based treatment model which focuses its primary attention on helping to empower the afflicted person with therapeutic tools to understand their problems and deal with the underlying causes of self medicating them.

Non 12 Step Rehab Centers Ahead of their Time

The 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous has been around a long time. It has proven to be the best way to stay clean and sober. But guess what, it's not treatment. It is aftercare. Non 12 step rehabs understand treatment is treatment and AA is aftercare. It is far too easy, and cheap, to simply take patients to AA meetings and say ok this is what you have to do to stay clean. AA is there to keep people sober but not get them sober and the difference is detox and rehab.

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